#1 2017-06-28 13:15:26

geordiejohn

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[SOLVED] email client and pin to taskbar ?

hello i have just installed bunsenlabs and i had installed thunderbird but it would not accept my details,when i was using crunchbang i had something with ice in it but i cannot remember what it was?
also i need to pin calibre and i will need to pin the new email client to the taskbar please ?
thank you.

Last edited by geordiejohn (2017-06-29 19:00:57)

DeepDayze

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Re: [SOLVED] email client and pin to taskbar ?

You must mean icedove, but I do believe Debian is moving back to using Mozilla branded products again so icedove->thunderbird.

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geordiejohn

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Re: [SOLVED] email client and pin to taskbar ?

ok thank you.

Sector11

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Re: [SOLVED] email client and pin to taskbar ?

Actually the move has already happened:

icedove <- no more | now -> thunderbird
iceweasel <- no more | now -> firefox-esr

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Re: [SOLVED] email client and pin to taskbar ?

i need to pin calibre and i will need to pin the new email client to the taskbar please ?

If you want to add it to the launchers on the left-hand-side of the panel then you will have to edit the file at ~/.config/tint2/tint2rc and change the # Launcher section.

Add these lines to the bottom of the list of "launcher_item_app"s:

launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop
launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/calibre-gui.desktop

Then save the file and reload the panel with:

bl-tint2-restart

Good luck!

EDIT: 's/right/left/' 

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-06-28 18:09:47)

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martix

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Re: [SOLVED] email client and pin to taskbar ?

Indeed, it was probably Icedove, which was just a rebranded Thunderbird. Icedove was "branded back" to its original name Thunderbird.

Btw it's possible to transfer your earlier Icedove profile on #!  to a freshly installed Thunderbird (if you still have those files from the .icedove folder).

Sector11

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Re: [SOLVED] email client and pin to taskbar ?

^ Or even better - I do what I do:

"Copy" ~/.thunderbird to /a-data/partition/Thunderbird
I have it at: /media/5/Thunderbird

Look in there you'll see the profiles.ini so in /media/5/Thunderbird/profiles.ini I changed it to:

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=0
Path=/media/5/Thunderbird/xxxxxxxx.default

x'ed out my profile number just for here.

Now in the original ~/.thunderbird directory cp profiles.ini profiles.ini.bak
and copy: /media/5/Thunderbird/profiles.ini to ~/.thunderbird/profiles.ini

Now you can double/triple/quad-oh-you-get-it boot linux and in the " ~/ " of all of them

A. before opening thunderbird for the first time:

- "create your own" ~/.thunderbird directory; with a copy of /media/5/Thunderbird/profiles.ini in it.
- install and start thunderbird - it will start up fully loaded for bear.

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This also works for iceweasel/firefox-esr
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Also if your system crashes and you have to reinstall everything

1 create ~/.thunderbird and ~/.mozilla with your "profiles.ini"
2 install thunderbird and firefox-esr and you have all your mails and all your bookmarks / addons etc.

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I do also the same thing with claws-mail.

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geordiejohn

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Re: [SOLVED] email client and pin to taskbar ?

thank you very much and i did try thunderbird but it would not accept my gmail details,my email address is ok but when i click on next to put in password it went no further?
while i am posting i was linux mint and i installed ubuntu cleaner and ukuu kernel,i dont think i can use them on bunsenlabs so how do i clean the system and do i need to keep getting the latest kernel and how do i update or upgrade please?
sorry i have posted a lot of questions.
thank you.

Sector11

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Re: [SOLVED] email client and pin to taskbar ?

pin calibre ??

How are you reading your gmail now?  On the web?

In Linux Mint, if you are using thunderbird there you should have a folder:  ~/.thunderbird

IF: Yes!  copy that folder over to ~/.thunderbird on BL, over write anything Thunderbird has started do do already.
Once copied over; Open Thunderbird, your mail should work fine.

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RE: ubuntu cleaner and ukuu kernel
Not a good idea for either,  BunsenLabs is NOT Ubuntu.

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Re: [SOLVED] email client and pin to taskbar ?

i was linux mint and i installed ubuntu cleaner and ukuu kernel,i dont think i can use them on bunsenlabs so how do i clean the system and do i need to keep getting the latest kernel and how do i update or upgrade please?

You have already asked that question before, why not simply read the replies:

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=3781

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geordiejohn

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Re: [SOLVED] email client and pin to taskbar ?

sorry i went back and did read the replies and all ok now and i will try not to post again as i think all is ok now.